180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: Not RecommendedLGBT+ visiting: Not Recommended
Here's a secret almost nobody knows: South Sudan hosts one of the largest land-mammal migrations on earth, millions of antelope moving through Boma and Badingilo. A handful of supervised fly-in trips exist, and that's the only form of travel that makes any sense in a country still scarred by conflict on every measure. For nearly everyone, this is one to admire from a documentary.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Sudan, South: 16.5
Ranked 17th in the world for the highest homicide rate.
An estimated 16.52 homicides per 100,000 people — a high rate by any standard. The 2021 estimate is the freshest figure that exists.
Higher than 88% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Sudan, South: 3.1
Ranked 8th least peaceful country in the world.
Among the ten least peaceful countries ranked — 156th of 163, scoring 3.117.
Up 2 places since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Sudan, South: 3.8
Ranked 7th least free country in the world.
The Human Freedom Index needs economic data South Sudan doesn't publish, so this 3.75 is our own estimate — built with the index's published method: the same 12 categories of personal and economic freedom, equally weighted.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 3.94; doing business and owning property, 3.50. Scored from the index's own underlying sources — V-Dem, Freedom House, UNODC, CPJ and World Bank data.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Sudan, South: Illegal
Ranked 55th least equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Homosexuality is criminalised here, with a maximum penalty of fourteen years imprisonment and a fine.
No public-opinion data is available for this country.